Workers Are at the Table in Florida Politics Like Never Before

February 25, 2021 SEIU-FPSU President Alphonso Mayfield has been named Vice Chair of the Florida Democratic Party. Politics in Florida have long been brutal for working families, especially people of color....

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Palm Beach County Municipal Election Endorsements

February 22, 2021 It’s time to get out the vote in Palm Beach County for our communities and the members of SEIU Florida Public Services Union. With municipal elections quickly approaching in Boca...

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A Slap in the Face to Adjuncts Like Me

January 30, 2021 Terrie Lee • SPC Adjunct and Union Member After more than a year of bargaining between adjunct faculty and the St Petersburg college administration, our first collective bargaining...

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The St Petersburg College Board of Trustees Has Rejected Our Contract

January 27, 2021 In a stunning move the St Petersburg College Board of Trustees voted today in defiance of their own administration to oppose the collective bargaining agreement backed resoundingly by...

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Threats of Political Violence as Americans Prepare for Inauguration

January 14, 2021 The 2020 U.S. election cycle is unprecedented in many ways. In addition to taking place amidst a global pandemic, the U.S. entered this election cycle in a bitterly partisan landscape where...

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Our Story is Your Story

January 14, 2021 Our union was born out of the civil rights movement in one of the most hostile states for workers to organize in the country. In 1968 a dedicated group of St Petersburg sanitation workers...

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20k Workers and Their Families Can Change the World

December 30, 2020 2020 has been a year of hardship and challenge unlike any of us have seen before. We have lost friends, loved ones, and much of life as we knew it before Coronavirus. We have lived through...

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We Work for the People

October 30, 2020 We are adjuncts. We teach because we believe in the power of education to improve people’s lives. Across our state there are thousands of us working everyday to advance the next...

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Florida Ballot Measures Explained

October 2, 2020 Amendment 1 • Vote No Citizenship Requirement to Vote in Florida Elections It is already the law in Florida that non-citizens are barred from voting. The state constitution currently...

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Open Letter to President Trump from Healthcare Professionals

February 21, 2017 Dear Mr. President, As doctors, nurses, healthcare providers, medical students, and above all, healers, we are compelled to speak out against your Executive Order on immigrants and...

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